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Comments (27)Yay, can't wait to see your pool filling with H2O! I will sound like a broken record and say you will love the Aqua Blue PS! Glad you get to see the PS going in...cool process. Ours did have a tiny green tint until the chemicals were added and equip. turned on. After that, the great blue color came through and it was like, WoW !! After your pool is full, call CCP and tell them and they will send out the "start up" guy from NW Pools. He will turn on equipment, get your chemicals in and do some basic stuff with you......he will also bring you a lot of goodies, be ready to brush the PS a lot! Then 3-5 days later you will have Pool School. You have to call and schedule it for a time that is best for you. The start up guy will give you a letter with names and numbers on it so you know who to call. It was a great 2 hours spent with "scott" from NW Pools. He was very imformative about everything. He answered all our questions about everything from balancing chemicals to sealing our travertine! He will bring you a packet of information as a guide to go by. Be ready to take a lot of notes....he will give you some names of chemicals to use and not to use and good places to buy things and when you need to buy name brand and when you can get by with a "generic" type. So for the first month, someone from NW Pools will take care of your pool, come out weekly and balance chemicals and then after 3 weeks, they will come back out to add all the salt. You do not have to buy any of the start up chemicals for the first month or the salt....they provide it. After that, I believe it's all yours!!!! We still have to wait about 1.5 weeks before we get our salt added....we are ready for it....I'm tired of the chlorine smell already! ALSO: Make sure you ask lots of questions to the Pool School guy. We forgot to ask him about 10 things we now are curious about. He said to call him anytime, so we will be doing that next week. I dont know if this is true for all PB's, but since we are using the same PB, I can help you out Wingosh.....not sure about other's. Thanks for the names of your carpenter. I may give them a call later this fall and get a bid. How big of a patio are you doing? We just need the structure, not the concrete. Hope this helps you!!!! Janet...See MoreNew Pool Build in Clear Lake, TX (SE Houston)
Comments (23)So sorry I have been MIA and didn't post finished pics yet. We found at a few weeks ago that we are expecting a baby (our first!!!) and I started a new job, so I have been a little distracted! Somehow, the pool being done was the least exciting thing that happened that week :-) The pool started filling with water on Oct 1st (3 weeks and 1 day from the dig) and we were swimming on Oct 3rd! I will try to post pictures this weekend (I promise!). Gardenlady: We have had zero problems with Brad and are very satisfied with how quickly things were done. He was always available via cell phone and we always dealt directly with him. I am very happy we chose him to build our pool. No complaints!...See Morepolaris d'light vs color glo led vs intellibrite vs colorlogic 4.
Comments (4)landa mac, thank you for the link and the testing. Can I assume that the glare from the hayward colorlogic 4.0 is the same as my existing 300w pentair light therefore I should expect to have a glare reduction?? Sorry for the qustions however this seems to really bother me and I do not want to go thru the trouble and expense of replacing the whole light if I do not see any reduction of results. What are your thoughts on the LEDs that directly screw in to my existing light socket? Have you any tests on these or do you know anyone that would be willing to send me pics looking directly at the lights? Thanks in advance for your direction and support...See Moresolar pool heater
Comments (9)These have been discussed here before. The concern most people have is that while it sounds good in theory, in actuality the time you need the heat the most (spring and fall) your attic probably doesn't have enough heat in it to make much of a difference in your pool temps. I was interested in this system for our pool, but I was not able to find any first-hand reports other than someone who claimed to have had one and that it worked great, but they had since moved and could therefore not post pics or give any detailed info (rather suspicious considering how new the product is)....See Moreairborne101
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